“So please, someone tell me why this has not come up in any of the debates?”
For the same reason abortion and gun control haven’t. The debates are run by liberals and it would knock Romney, Huntsman, and that other loon ( Gary Johnson?) out of the race.
I saw last night that C-Span is covering all three hours of the Lincoln-Douglas style debate between Newt and Herman this Saturday. The Texas Tea Party Patriots PAC is putting it on and invited all the candidates. Only Newt and Herman accepted it.
That in itself should give us a better insight on who we should support.